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The World of Finder's Fees After <i>Futersak v. Perl</i>

Mark Morfopoulos

Anyone drafting a finder's fee agreement should be aware that they may be walking into a minefield that is waiting to explode if he or she makes a wrong move.

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The Code's Safe Harbor Defense

Michael L. Cook

Appellate courts continue to agree on the vitality and breadth of the safe harbor defense contained in Bankruptcy Code (Code) ' 546(e).

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Commercial Real Estate Debt Restructuring

Steve Huntley & Mark Richardson

For real estate bankruptcy law practices, there is significant opportunity in distressed real estate. This article discusses real estate restructuring teams and how they work.

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Beware: Chapter 9 Is Not Just for Cities and Counties

Charles M. Tatelbaum

Chapter 9 deals with bankruptcies of municipalities. The Bankruptcy Code's definition of a municipality is not limited to cities and counties. Here's what it means.

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The 'Culpable Conduct' Defense

John L.A. Lyddane & Barbara D. Goldberg

Blameworthy conduct by the plaintiff in a med mal action can take the form of failing to follow medical advice, refusing or neglecting recommended treatment, or intentionally providing an incomplete or misleading medical history.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Joseph Mercadante

Washington Judge Awards Syntrix $115 Million

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Attorney Uses Copyright To Attack Unflattering Web Post

Sheri Qualters

Federal law grants website operators immunity from defamation claims for third-party posts, so Boston lawyer Richard Goren used copyright law to go after a site's parent company over a negative posting.

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Joinder Issues In BitTorrent Copyright Litigation

Richard Raysman & Jonathan P. Mollod

Over the past several years, there has been a national flurry of civil actions brought primarily by pornographic film makers alleging copyright infringement by individual file-sharers using the BitTorrent computer protocol. As one federal court noted, hundreds of thousands of John Does have been sued across the county since mid-2010, with copyright holders attempting to assert claims against unknown defendants identified by their IP addresses by joining them, in large numbers, into single actions.

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Best Practices for Formatting Word Documents

Roberta Gelb

Most law firms will say that their users "know" Word. The reality is that most of the documents we have seen could be improved dramatically. Unless you lift the veil and look beyond the printed document, you won't know that you have a "bad" document.

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